streetsblog-chi-logo-alt

streetsblog-chi-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Streetsblog Network

Vance: Contact &amp; Donate

Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit

streetsblog-chi-logo

Streetsblog Chicago

Freeman-Kevenides

Freeman Kevenides – Top Banner Ad Template

Sustainable Transportation Advocacy

Screenshot 2024-12-13 at 11.20.29 AM

Ad Embargo

Today's stories are presented by Freeman Kevenides Law Firm.

Freeman Kevenides – Top Banner

Transit Tees

Ad for Transit Tees's new city-building tile game called 1893

Chicago-1893-Streetsblog-300×250-Final

River – Transit Tees

Keating Law Offices

Keating staff standing on Milwaukee

<p>In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.</p>


John Greenfield

Copenhagenize.com

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 20

1000014000 2

Protected Bike Lanes

It’s time for protected bike lanes on Sheridan Road in Rogers Park

IMG_9678

Chicago BikePAC, to “provide a little bit of political weight and muscle” to elect safe streets advocates, launches this Thursday at SRAM HQ

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 19

Screen Shot 2025-08-19 at 12.24.07 AM

Dorval Carter Jr. broke the CTA. Nora Leerhsen’s on track to fix it – if we fund her work.

IMG_2931

Uptown, girl! Installation of the Uptown Extension protected bike lanes on Clark from Montrose to Winnemac is slated to start today

Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 18

Screen Shot 2025-08-16 at 10.50.38 AM

Studies and Reports

Yes, Chicago has a long way to go to become truly bicycle-friendly. But People for Bikes’ recent post, using our city as a poster child, is a joke.

Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 15

Cameron Bolton

IMG_8204

Transit Fiscal Cliff

At Transit is the Answer Coalition meeting, RTA provides updates on the budget gap, and how other cities are dealing with transit fiscal cliffs

All Articles